Slim Pickens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 29 June 1919 · Kingsburg, California, USA
- Died
- 8 December 1983
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), known professionally as Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career Pickens played mainly cowboy roles. he is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in Dr. Strangelove (1964), Blazing Saddles (1972) and 1941 (1979), and his villainous turn in One-Eyed Jacks (1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Slim Pickens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 114
- 2026Monarch of the Mountains as Narrator
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 2001Back in the Saddle as Self (archive footage)
- 1993La Classe américaine as 'Deep Throat' (archive footage)
- 1990Crazy Horse and Custer: The Untold Story as California Joe Milner
- 1982Pink Motel as Roy
- 1981Nashville Grab as Ross Common
- 1981Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase as Ben Khlover
- 1981This House Possessed as Arthur Keene
- 1981The Howling as Sam Newfield
- 1981Christmas Mountain: The Story Of A Cowboy Angel as Murf
- 1980Honeysuckle Rose as Garland
- 1980Tom Horn as Sam Creedmore
- 1980Swan Song as George
- 1979The Black Hole as B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
- 19791941 as Hollis P. Wood
- 1979Undercover with the KKK as Yancey Hicks
- 1979When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
- 1979Beyond the Poseidon Adventure as Tex
- 1979The Sweet Creek County War
- 1979Spirit of the Wind as Obie
- 1978Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws as Sheriff Ledy
- 1978The Swarm as Jud Hawkins
- 1977The Shadow of Chikara as Virgil Cane
- 1977Babe as Colonel M.J. McCombs
- 1977The White Buffalo as Abel Pickney
- 1977Mr. Billion as Duane Hawkins
- 1976Pony Express Rider as Bob Jay
- 1976Hawmps! as Naman Tucker
- 1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free as Lijah Tuttle
- 1975White Line Fever as Duane Haller
- 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang as Frank Stillwell
- 1975Poor Pretty Eddie as Sheriff Orville
- 1975Rancho Deluxe as Henry Beige
- 1974Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West as Windy Bill
- 1974Runaway on the Rogue River as Bucky Steele
- 1974The Legend of Earl Durand as Phil Chumley
- 1974Bootleggers as Grandpa Pruitt
- 1974The Gun and the Pulpit as Billy One-Eye
- 1974Twice in a Lifetime as Pete Lazich
- 1974Ginger in the Morning as Sheriff
- 1974Blazing Saddles as Taggart
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Sheriff Colin Baker
- 1973Hitched as Sam / Bart Dawson
- 1972The Getaway as Cowboy
- 1972Rolling Man as Chuck
- 1972Outdoor Rambling as Self
- 1972The Honkers as Clete
- 1972J.C. as Grady Caldwell
- 1972The Cowboys as Anse
- 1972The Flim Flam Man as Jarvis Bates
- 1971The Devil and Miss Sarah as Stoney
- 1971The Day They Hanged Kid Curry as Sheriff Whittaker
- 1971Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? as Kilpatrick
- 1971The Wild Season as Lucky
- 1970The Deserter as Sgt. Tattinger
- 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Ben Fairchild
- 1970Operation Snafu as General Maxwell
- 196980 Steps to Jonah as Scott
- 1969The Desperate Mission as Three-Finger Jack
- 1968Skidoo as Switchboard Operator
- 1968Never a Dull Moment as Cowboy Schaeffer
- 1968The Legend of Custer as California Joe Milner
- 1967Will Penny as Ike Wallerstein
- 1967The Flim-Flam Man as Jarvis Bates
- 1967Rough Night in Jericho as Yarbrough
- 1967Hard Breed to Kill as Sloper
- 1966The Magnificent Stranger as Sheriff
- 1966An Eye for an Eye as Ike Slant
- 1966Stagecoach as Buck, Stagecoach Driver
- 1966The Young Rounders
- 1965The Glory Guys as Sgt. James Gregory
- 1965Up from the Beach as Artillery Colonel
- 1965In Harm's Way as C.P.O. Culpepper
- 1965Major Dundee as Wiley
- 1964Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as Major "King" Kong
- 1964Bristle Face as Newt Pribble
- 1963Savage Sam as Willy Crup
- 1962Stampede at Bitter Creek as Buck
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 1 episode
- 1961A Thunder of Drums as Trooper Erschick
- 1961One-Eyed Jacks as Deputy Lon Dedrick
- 1960Chartroose Caboose as Pete Harmon
- 1960Stump Run
- 1959Escort West as Corporal Wheeler
- 1958Tonka as Ace
- 1958The Sheepman as Marshal
- 1957The Saga of Andy Burnett as Old Bill Williams
- 1957Gunsight Ridge as Hank Moss
- 1956Cow Dog as Himself - Commentator
- 1956Gun Brothers as Moose MacLain
- 1956The Great Locomotive Chase as Pete Bracken
- 1956Stranger at My Door as Ben Silas
- 1956When Gangland Strikes as Slim Pickett
- 1955The Last Command as Abe
- 1955Santa Fe Passage as Sam Beekman
- 1954The Outcast as Boone Polson
- 1954The Boy from Oklahoma as Shorty
- 1954Phantom Stallion as Slim
- 1953Red River Shore as Slim Pickens
- 1953Shadows of Tombstone as Slim
- 1953Down Laredo Way as Slim
- 1953Iron Mountain Trail as Slim
- 1953The Sun Shines Bright as Sterling
- 1953Old Overland Trail as Slim Pickens
- 1952Thunderbirds as Pvt. Wes Shelby
- 1952South Pacific Trail as Slim Pickens
- 1952Old Oklahoma Plains as Slim
- 1952The Story of Will Rogers as Dusty Donovan
- 1952Border Saddlemates as Slim
- 1952The Last Musketeer as Slim
- 1952Colorado Sundown as Joshua 'Slim' Pickens / Ma Pickens
- 1950Rocky Mountain as Plank (CSA)
- 1946Smoky as Rodeo Cowboy (uncredited)
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- 1958The Big Country · stunts